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Labor and Creativity in the Reading of a Literary Work

ABSTRACT

The teaching of literature focuses significantly on the study of literary works. This is related to the requirements of the educational program and the nature of the subject itself. Organizing the reading process is the first and crucial step in the study of a literary work. Implementing meaningful reading is the primary condition for the effectiveness of this process. The article covers part of the research results conducted in this direction. Its main goal is to determine the distinctiveness of the labor and creativity demonstrated by the reader during the reading process. For this purpose, the following research methods were used: studying and theoretically analyzing and generalizing methodological, pedagogical, psychological, and literary sources related to the problem; observing and surveying the situation in school practice regarding the issue. The research has led to the conclusion that a literary work, which is the product of a serious creative process, cannot be thoroughly studied without the labor and creativity of the reader. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the fact that, for the first time, the features of the reader’s emotional-intellectual comprehension activity during the reading of a literary work are explained in a scientific-theoretical framework. The practical significance of the work is that the developed scientific-theoretical foundations will contribute to the effective organization of literature teaching.

KEYWORDS

literary work, moral needs, initial perception, interpretation, emotional-intellectual comprehension